Cairn Of Stirkoke
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairn Of Stirkoke
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8966
Site Number ND34NW 12
NGR ND 3363 4901
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8966
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34NW 12 3363 4901.
(ND 3363 4901) Cairn of Stirkoke (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1871)
A small cairn of stones on a heathy eminence. 'No information can be obtaied as to the origin of the cairn but it has the appearance of a shepherds' cairn or landmark.'
Name Book 1871.
Cairn of Stirkoke (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
Cairn of Stirkoke is the remains of a round burial cairn, prominently situated on a gently sloping eminence. It is largely turf-covered and measures about 20.0m in diameter and 0.7m high. Considerable robbing has taken place, particularly on the N side, though there is no evidence of a cist or chamber. In places, there are suggestions, possibly fortuitous, of a ditch around the cairn.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 19 August 1982.
